The nominal idea is that having them come straight out encourages people to remo...

		mjg59 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads The nominal idea is that having them come straight out encourages people to remove plugs by pulling on the cord, which introduces even more strain than having a curved wire - although maybe this ends up being an argument to mount UK sockets the other way up?